UCLA
San Diego
Bruins Shutout USD
June 21, 1999 | Men's Tennis
February 11, 1999
Los Angeles - The UCLA men's tennis team, tied for No. 5 in the national rankings, posted its third sweep of the season defeating the No. 73 University of San Diego, 7-0, today at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. With the victory UCLA improves to 5-1 on the season while San Diego slipped to 1-1.
Despite the chill in the air, the Bruins got the match started on the right track by sweeping doubles play to claim the first point of the day. UCLA's duo of Jason Cook and Brandon Kramer upset the No. 29 ranked team of Rudy Rodriguez and German Maldanado on court No. 1. Jean-Noel Grinda and Jong-Min Lee handled the team of Ricardo Rizo and Mattias Tangefjord 8-2 in the No. 2 position. The score was closest on court No. 3, where UCLA's team of Marcin Rozpedski and Chris Sands defeated USD's tandem of Ross Bourne and Stephan Taylor, 8-5.
In singles action, court No. 6 was the first to finish as Rozpedski defeated Ted Burghardt 6-3, 6-0. The action was also swift on court No. 1 where Grinda dropped just one game en route to his 6-1, 6-0 victory over Rodriguez. Zack Fleishman clinched the match with his 6-4, 6-2 win over Rizo in the No. 2 slot. It didn't take much longer for Sands to defeat Sean Cooper 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 5 position. In the No. 4 slot, Kramer defeated Maldanado 6-2, 6-3. The only match to go the distance was on court No. 3 where Cook held on for a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Tangefjord.
UCLA continues its homestand by hosting cross-town rival USC in one of the biggest matches of the season this Friday, Feb. 12 at 1:30 p.m. UCLA's home matches are played on campus at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and admission is FREE.
Here are today's position-by-position results:
No. 5 UCLA Sweeps No. 73 University of San Diego, 7-0
Doubles - (UCLA wins point)
No. 1 Jason Cook / Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. (29)Rudy Rodriguez/German Maldanado (USD) 8-3
No. 2 Jean-Noel Grinda / Jong-Min Lee (UCLA) def. Ricardo Rizo/Mattias Tangefjord (USD) 8-2
No. 3 Chris Sands / Marcin Rozpedski (UCLA) def. Ross Bourne/Stephen Taylor (USD) 8-5
Singles
No. 1 Jean-Noel Grinda (UCLA) def. Rudy Rodriguez (USD) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 (66) Zack Fleishman (UCLA) def. Ricardo Rizo (USD) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Jason Cook (UCLA) def. Mattias Tangefjord (USD) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
No. 4 (t92) Brandon Kramer (UCLA) def. German Maldanado (USD) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Chris Sands (UCLA) def. Sean Cooper (USD) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Marcin Rozpedski (UCLA) def. Ted Burghardt (USD) 6-3, 6-0
Final Team Score: UCLA 7, San Diego 0
